http://www.duiblog.com/2005/07/17/the-100-dui-club/ Bad Drunk Driving Laws, False Evidence and a Fading Constitution Wed, 22 May 2013 01:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.duiblog.com/2005/07/17/the-100-dui-club/comment-page-1/#comment-222379 Mike Warren Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:39:40 +0000 http://duiblog.level2hosting.com/2005/07/17/the-100-dui-club/#comment-222379 Well, here in Long Island NY, DWI became big business a long time ago. Road checkpoints and "safety checks" are just DUI traps. They coincide with holidays and run throughout the night. Everyone makes money, the county, the insurance companies, counseling centers, the probation dept., its win, win for the police. I speak from experience, my lawyer told me, and I quote, its not worth fighting Michael, one cop will lie and another will swear to it. I was convicted of driving drunk and swerving in and out of traffic, on a road I never drove on. The only part of the cop's story that was true was that I had been drinking. If the cops are bent on giving anyone a DUI, they can. We have no video here, you can't bail out, you can insist on a blood test, but they will deny you asked for one. Like my lawyer said, the cops will swear you were loaded, end of case. I plead guilty, paid my fine, lost my car, went to counseling (where everyone needs treatment) and moved on. The whole system is a rigged racket. Well, here in Long Island NY, DWI became big business a long time ago. Road checkpoints and "safety checks" are just DUI traps. They coincide with holidays and run throughout the night. Everyone makes money, the county, the insurance companies, counseling centers, the probation dept., its win, win for the police. I speak from experience, my lawyer told me, and I quote, its not worth fighting Michael, one cop will lie and another will swear to it. I was convicted of driving drunk and swerving in and out of traffic, on a road I never drove on. The only part of the cop's story that was true was that I had been drinking. If the cops are bent on giving anyone a DUI, they can. We have no video here, you can't bail out, you can insist on a blood test, but they will deny you asked for one. Like my lawyer said, the cops will swear you were loaded, end of case. I plead guilty, paid my fine, lost my car, went to counseling (where everyone needs treatment) and moved on. The whole system is a rigged racket.

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